An article from a Spectrum magazine in September 1987, taking a (biased) look at the new-fangled games consoles about to be released in the UK by Sega and Nintendo (through other companies), and comparing them to the also-about-to-be-released +3. You'll notice that the factual accuracy of games journalism hasn't changed much over the years.

Phredreeke

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Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2005 6:41 pm

It's only the hyper-mega-vasto games, like Space Harrier and Enduro Racer, that set you back 'orrible sums like £25, and these need two cartridges (not a bad deal by any means).

As widely reported, the Spectrum+3 will cost £249 initially, although I think we can expect a hefty price cut before Chrimble if A. Sugar Esq has anything to do with it

What does that even mean?

Ahh, those Brits and their crazy slang...Chrimble seems to a term for Christmas. Maxim? A. Sugar, Esq., by my Googling, seems to be Alan Sugar, Esq., who was a "millionaire computer tycoon" (probably involved with Sinclair) and was chairman of some British soccer team.

Aren't Merkins supposed to think British English is cute? Crimble = crimbo = christmas, Alan M Sugar was the guy behind AMStrad and took over the Spectrum in April 1986, and was perhaps seen as a rampaging businessman more than the bumbling computer geek genius of Sir Clive. He's also the replacement for Donald Trump in the UK version of The Apprentice, even though all his company seems to do these days is make phones and TV boxes.

The forums allow for "word censoring" and all there is in the list is Nintendo. Since the filter is easy to defeat (look, I just did it), there's not much point using it but it's fun to block the Big N.

Phredreeke

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Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2005 9:12 am

Also they say that Super Mario Bros is an excellent version of a corky old arcade game